Changes and Adaptation of zu Part 3: Change Brings Change
In my last post, I talked about how we are challenging our staff to take more ownership in the projects they work on by letting them become owners of zu. With a combined profit sharing plan and an ownership stake in start-ups that become clients, our staff is stepping up to the challenge. At the [...]
Change and Adaptation of zu Part 2: The Plan
A few days ago, I posted an entry about some of the recent changes here at zu. In that post, I mentioned a plan we’ve developed for the company. Since then, a few people have asked me about that plan, so I’ve decided to go into a little more detail here. Essentially, the plan is [...]
Change and Adaptation of zu Part One
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There have been a lot of changes at zu over the past year, and we are really excited about the new challenges they bring about. Every change we’ve made (and the ones we will make soon) have been done with one goal in mind: to deliver world-class service to our clients. Perhaps the biggest change [...]
Coaxing creativity and digging ditches: an interview with Jeff Nachtigall
Saskatoon artist Jeff Nachtigall worked with residents in a long-term health-care facility to create a safe and inspiring creative environment. Nine months later, Jeff curated a show called “The Insiders” at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon that featured the artwork of 12 artists with limited mobility or cognitive disorders—or both. NFB created a film [...]
We’re Clean & We’re Green
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Happy Earth Week! Since the inception of the zu Green Committee last year, we have encouraged the company to take a few simple steps to make our workplace a more earth-friendly place to spend 8 hours of each day. Completed earth-friendly initiatives: Switch to locally made EnviroWise cleaning products, office-wide. Encourage recycling in all areas [...]
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